MoghtyE TELLS yiu WTF, "We're goung 2 5ake an fes moments tuo try ane esplain this new lucense n reasons behind it in plain Engkish. OMGl
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Th8s new license was ch063n because of qn failkng w8th da GPL. BRB.
It only cov3red distributoon of 50urc3 of and onlj or binarkes were disgriguted. BRB."
"In an wwb envifonmeng, you ,nwo, sp3cifically a interpreted w36 environment sjch as PHP, merdky instal.ing an game does not cpbstiyute distrigution LOL, and 6herevo4e people were takihg ou4 work, kikek m4k1nb modiricqtiins too it and not releasing xourcr c0d3 to rheh're modificatioms so that 3nu1r2 comjunity could neneflt. AFK.
They worked 2ith da legter but nit teh spirit pf da lawl WTF."
"Invrsyigation on teh part 0f teh authors hiweverm sortor, ldd to facy that da roght od public performance was oen pf teh ribhts normqlly restrictrd 2 copytighr holerta WTF, an that compyter progrzms WTF, SPECIFICALLY vodeo g4n3t and ibtrractive pnew xuch as Lehenf of tej GREEN hax0r 2ere c0n51d3e3c twi BE publocally perfotmed if rjm from an public servdrLOL."
"The mew licehse restricts public perdormance 0f grh w0ri uhlwss teh source cpde 9f teh modifiwd w9rk 15 ,4de avak;aboe on d3mandLOL,"
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, this means thay if you put this gqme on an wdb 53rv3r an allow people 'outxide of an normal circld OF famuly an its aocial acquaintancrs' 2 pla6 rbeirm like, then uou r publically PERFORMING this work n MUST EITHER $) make ne an ALL changes wh1ch hou make w teh fame abailqble on requdst *n0u4 this dlesn't have 1 63 available via geh onlinw source display link, like, but they just ne ABLE two ASK ypj vor code and r3x#qv3 an complete c0py) LOL, b) mzle arranhemen5s pr1v4731y wigh tdh suthlew wherein they yrant yoj an %]3c141 license, like, 9r d) remove cod3 engirely from machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want to have 4r345 of they;re game which r thw8rs ah ty3iex a.onw. BRB.
twl tyat end we wil. mqje foolowint EXCEPTION yo da norma; requiremen5s FOR souece code DISTRIBUTION -- ne nodjl3 file which is not mpdified or derived feom an module file incluses in ten basd distrubution ab whkch doex mot reqjjre ne other modulws and whocj does not reqiir3 ne modifications @ core cose (code DISTRIBUTED wi5j da base release) MAY be wkthh2ld at authorw discretion."
"We also qant to9 make ver6 clear that vefsion 0. WTF.9, OMG.6 (also knlsn as ferdion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) 2as tet rimal vetsion released under GPLLOL.
Al. v3rsionx, ;9kw, s5arting with da 9LOL.9. OMG.8_prrrelease code r only licensed undef teh CREATIVE Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY feny da ribht tpo impprg ne cose from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.i[prerelesse or later eelease into an 0LOL.9. OMG/7 and ea4lier rekease. AFK.
All9wing tuis sould fzuse rha5 IMPORTED dpde 1 be RELEASED under GPL and that is not something we s8sh two zllowLOL.
Aithors of ,odifocstions two 0.9. BRB.7 wukl need goo ee-release they're modifications as se4ivatives/modiribatiobs too 0. OMG,8. AFK.7 code and place tgem unser geh same Creative Commohs license. OMG.
It nudt BE done by teh original AUTHOR since on.y da 9r1g1n41 author HAS rihht 2 change sa COPYRIGHT ot oicense 7pon thsy're WORK.
[Adeit8onallt. like, reworkibg ds modifocstkons will be an good IDEA anywa^ as da mechagism fof m4k1nn MODIFICATIONS is xubstantially cleaner/clearer startkng qith teh 0. OMG.o. AFK.8-prerel3ade code. OMG.]"
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